This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and how CRISPR could be used to create designer pets or super soldiers. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. …

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and restorative justice. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Green Future, which values inclusiveness, emergence, and creativity. Tanya places a coffee in front…

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of doxxing, trolling, and deepfakes. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Red Future, which values heroes, competition, and winning. ChefBoyArtie stands alone in his kitchen…

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and ransomware in the future. The world was created using a methodology called Systems Mythology, developed by the Institute for the Future. The story is set in a Blue Future, which values structure, logic, and objectivity. The Gymnast’s score appears…

Here’s a bold prediction… in 10 years Strategic Foresight will be business as usual. Companies will look to their Foresight department to deal with what Alvin Toffler called Future Shock. The methods and practice of futures thinking will go mainstream in the way design thinking has today. I may be…

Using signals, scenarios, artifacts, and simulations to construct plausible futures. — If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that we are living in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. …

And why you should solve for WHY instead of X — After a year of unprecedented change it seems like there is an intense desire for both a return to normalcy and a greater ability to predict the future. Enter Strategic Foresight, a practice of critically examining where we’ve been to imagine where we’re going. Futurists like Ray Kurzweil are often…

A business is an abstract idea without people. Abstract ideas have no inherent value. People bring ideas to life. People create value. That’s true across the board. …

I’ll never forget the first time I saw a ghost. It was a crisp March day in San Francisco. We pulled up to the nondescript building and felt certain there must have been some kind of mistake. Did we have the right address? Wasn’t this supposed to be the Indian…